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What would He-Man have to look like today?

Although I'm still a fan of the classic He-Man look, what would He-Man have to look like today to be accepted in a movie? I'm sorry, I just don't think the strap like armor and furry underwear would work like they did in 1982 for a new movie.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of the silver edition of Battle Sounds He-Man. Maybe they could use some sort of chain mail where bare leg and arm is showing. Or maybe they could take a little inspiration from Snake Armor He-Man and and have the strap armor molded into the full body armor. And of course, any He-Man would have to have the cross, not the stupid 2002 logo.

"Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are... and to the dust we shall return."
- The Book of Eli

I've seen this illustration before and I love it. All that shiny metal, the longer gauntlets and shoulder armour looks fantastice. So to try to answer the original question, I think more tasteful armour in the right places like in the illustration. I definitely want to see muscle though. Given the situation a pumped bicep is just as important as an expression on an actors face.

I think a film version could still provide a fairly faithful adaptation of He-man's look without too much deviation. I'm not against an armoured look either, but I think I would leave that either for a final confrontation or a sequel where he's confronting Skeletor as a sort of 'Battle armour' He-man because he's learned more about the power of Grayskull.

Truthfully, He-Man has such a boring design that I can understand the need to jazz it up for the big screen. That said, I say keep him to his roots. No fancy armor, no capes etc. The only other problem is finding a good actor with the right build. The guy who played Thor might work but even he seems kind of slender compared to how I imagine He-Man would look in real life.

I would like to see he-man with out armor on he just looks better, with armor he looks to much like a night in the royal guard instead of a barbarian look which makes him look a whole lot more impressive. And i always wanted to to see a guy that was built like arnold when he played in conan the destroyer. Not some little guy like doph was in the first masters of the universe film. he didn't look impressive at all in that movie i always pictured he-man built like conan

Keep his look similar to what it's been. For all the complaints John Carter got I haven't seen any about the outfit he wore which was similar to He-Man's so I don't think people will mind as long as the script and acting are solid.